Argentine Art Makes a Grand Entrance at Miami Art Week

A look at the offerings of the 21 galleries participating in the main fairs: Art Basel, NADA, Untitled, and Pinta
The Argentine art scene is preparing to take center stage at Miami Art Week, where 21 national galleries will showcase their work at the city's most influential fairs: Art Basel Miami Beach, NADA, Untitled, and Pinta Miami.

This presence, which will take place between December 2nd and 7th, marks an unprecedented institutional and creative presence for contemporary Argentine art on the international circuit.

The twenty-third edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, considered the most important contemporary art fair in the United States and one of the most prestigious globally, will be held from December 5th to 7th at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

In the Galleries section, BARRO gallery will present works by Alejandra Seeber, Pablo Reinoso, Mondongo, La Chola Poblete, and Guillermo Kuitca, while Ruth Benzacar will exhibit works by Chiachio & Giannone, Tomás Saraceno, Ernesto Ballesteros, Liliana Porter, Stella Ticera, and Ulises Mazzucca.

Among the offerings from the gallery celebrating its 60th anniversary, Chiachio & Giannone's Madurones series stands out for placing queer domesticity at its center, with five textile pieces framed by wallpaper designed specifically for the occasion.

Ticera's work focuses on the sensory experience of the body in the creative process, encompassing drawing, video, and sculpture. Her pieces, such as Sinfonía en clave azul (2025) and Circundar la noche (2025), explore gesture and the tension between interior and exterior using India ink, pencil, threads, and wires. Saraceno, for his part, presents works such as Foam SB 130/12p (2024), Ibytu 14.0 (2025), and Gl 725A b/M+M (2024), made of glass, steel, and mirrored acrylic, which address the convergence of art, architecture, science, and technology. In Ballesteros's work, artistic experimentation is linked to scientific outreach. His series apply analytical methods to physical actions, as in Line Drawn with Closed Eyes..., 1749 Intersections (2001), and in nighttime photographs that mark each light source to create an “impossible image.”

Porter investigates the linearity of time and the boundaries between reality and representation, using white space as a timeless territory. Among his recent works are Untitled with Spirals (2021) and Man Holding Black Rope (2021), both in acrylic and assemblage on canvas, along with small-format pieces.

Porter explores the linearity of time and the boundaries between reality and representation, using white space as a timeless territory. The body is central to Mazzucca's work, which she links to adolescence and youth through chalk and pastel drawings depicting nude figures or those in worn clothing. The series *There’s a Ghost in My Blood* explores the body's trajectory as voids and fractures inhabited by people.

Meanwhile, Isla Flotante, in collaboration with the Brazilian gallery Galatea, will present a booth conceived as a space for intergenerational dialogue on Latin American art, featuring Pablo Accinelli, Mariela Scafati, Valentin Demarco, Rosario Zorraquin, Tobias Dirty, and Ana Prata.

Four of Scafati's works stand out in the upcoming exhibition for their focus on the intersection of painting, object, and textiles. Among them, *Spirits of the Train* (2025) uses a sweater and ropes to explore memory and the body through everyday materials. Accinelli's work introduces common objects into conceptual art. In Internal Duration (2025), a padlock on a stone becomes a metaphor for time and permanence.

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